How much bonus experience do massacres grant?
In Diablo 3 (PC) the patch 2.4.0 modified the way massacre bonuses worked to give a multiple of the experience you gain from kills during the massacre, instead of some flat amount.
The bonus lists something like "1.5x bonus experience!" Does this mean I get an additional 50% experience for those kills? Or does it mean I get an additional 150% experience for those kills?
Best Answer
On console, the "1.5x experience bonus!" (the actual order of the words) means that the bonus experience from the massacre you just got is being multiplied by the said amount.
So you get an additional 50%, for a total of 150%.
This is because after getting a massacre, you would always get "bonus" experience, even in vanilla D3 PC days, but that bonus was very very tiny, so the D3 team re-worked this bonus to have a multiplier to it based on how large the massacre was (how many enemies killed in a row).
This page covers the history of the massacre "bonus", but does not include the changes brought on with console, check here and here for that.
The experience multiplier listed kept increasing as their kill streak increased during the Jar of Souls. Initially it was just 1.5x, and about every 15 more kills it went up another .25% [sic], making out at 3.5% [sic] as they finished the whole Jar of Souls event. Because console players need constant numbers and flashing lights and feedback…
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What is a massacre bonus in Diablo 3?
Massacre is a bonus that you receive when you kill multiple enemies with a short time in between each killing. The difference between Massive Blow and Massacre is that the deaths resulting in Massive Blow have to come from one and the same ability, while Massacre can be a chain of an arbitrary amount of abiliities.How does bonus XP work in Diablo 3?
Anything you do that generates XP (monster kills, finish quests) will grant bonus XP. Show activity on this post. You receive 25% more experience from all sources until your experience amount reaches the bonus "dot" on the bar. If the bonus is at the rightmost position, it will carry over to next level.Diablo Immortal - Massascre Bonus XP Farm - 1001 Killstreak
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